The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, . Poems - Page 111by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book

...and courtesies To every lady, of her lap-dog tired, Who wants a plaything. SODTHEY. You act upon the prudent plan, Say little and hear all you can — Safe policy, but hateful. COWPER. A right tender heart, Melting and easy, yielding to impression, And catching the soft flame...

...And proves, by thumping on your back, His sense of your great merit ; Is such a friend that one has need, Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it." The following were their rules of etiquette, or acquaintance table : Two glances ~] Tone bow. Two bows...

...Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back, How he esteems your merit ; Is such a friend that one had need, Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it.' " — COWPER. " Why, Jack," said my Cousin's companion, as I ceased, with an air of ineffable scorn,...

...Tom or Jack, And proves by thumping on your back His sense of your great merit, Is such a friend that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear itBut such is the delusion of the world on this point that you will constantly hear the name of friendship...

...Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defined, First fixes our attention ; So manners decent...

...Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one bad need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defined, First fixes our attention ; So manners decent...

...or Jack, And proves by thumping on your back, His sense of your great merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon...Safe policy, but hateful : So barren sands imbibe the shower, But render neither fruit nor flower, Unpleasant and ungrateful. They whisper trivial things,...

...Catullus, thinking, no doubt, that the man who could so write to his intimates Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it, have interpreted them as expressing real hostility, and have assumed that a breach had taken place...

...Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. A similarity of mind, Or something not to be defined, First fixes our attention ; So manners decent...

...or Jack, And proves, by thumping on your back, His sense of your great merit; Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon,...Safe policy, but hateful ! So barren sands imbibe the shower, But render neither fruit nor flower Unpleasant and ungrateful. They whisper trivial things,...